A Shi’a Catholic Crescent of Liberation Theology?..........
“It will be the third meeting between the two leaders, and the first time for an Iranian president to come to Brazil…….. Iran, under Ahmadinejad, has been strengthening ties with key Latin America nations ever since Tehran hosted the First International Conference about Latin America in 2007...Venezuela: Ahmadinejad makes no secret of his admiration of President Hugo Chavez’s Bolivarian Revolution, and it’s more than just talk. Iran promised about $4 billion in oil producing projects in the Venezuela’s Orinoco Basin and reportedly dispatched 400 Iranian engineers to assist with the project. Iran has observer status in ALBA, the Bolivarian Alliance for the People of the Americas. Iran Air inaugurated Tehran-Damascus-Caracas flights. Chavez has visited Iran several times…….. Nicaragua: Iran has said it will invest $1 billion in Nicaraguan agriculture projects and build a deep water port. And Tehran granted a loan of $231 million for the construction of hydroelectric plant. Ecuador: President Rafael Correa, in a visit to Tehran, signed more than 25 bilateral accords with his counterpart. Paraguay: An Iranian delegation that visited Asuncion made promises to import soya and meat in exchange for Iranian investment in the agriculture and technology sectors. Bolivia: Tehran promised $1.1 billion in energy sector projects. Bolivian President Evo Morales in turn closed his countries’ embassy in Cairo and moved it to Tehran, making it Bolivia’s only diplomatic outpost in the region……..” Aljazeera
“The Iranian minister of industries and mines says Iran plans to produce 16,000 vehicles at its Venezuelan car plant in the coming year……….” Press TV
They left out Cuba and Peru.....
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